Gibbet

Definition of Gibbet

Gib´bet

n.	1.
	1.	A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a warning.
	2.	The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
v. t.	1.	To hang and expose on a gibbet.
	2.	To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. - Oldham.

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